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News + Politics

War criminal who cared nothing for the lives he destroyed is dead at 100

Tim Redmond - November 30, 2023

Henry Kissinger represented that worst of the United States. We should remember the lessons of his life of cold brutality.

Movies

Ruffled muppet slaughterhouse? Another Hole in the Head still stocks the campiest of gore

Dennis Harvey - November 29, 2023

Film festival's 20th edition features 1920 classic 'Dr. Caligari,' ice mummies—and even Freddy Krueger as waterbed.

Movies

‘Shere Hite actually did change society’: Revindicating the woman who demystified orgasm

Pam Grady - November 29, 2023

New documentary takes on life of bestselling, game-changing author—who was forced to flee the country.

Onstage

Coco Peru dons Heklina’s tunic (metaphorically) for ‘Golden Girls: Christmas Episodes’

Joshua Rotter - November 27, 2023

'I felt like Bea Arthur was pushing me on my shoulder and saying, 'Do it,'' says drag star of beloved show.

Lit

In ‘The Return,’ James Terry pens a lush, tragic ‘coming-of-old-age’ story

Lou Fancher - November 25, 2023

Novella's UC professor protagonist must brave modern cacophony, despite silent film obsession.

Lit

Oral history as inspiration and antidote: Lynn Lewis on ‘Women Who Change the World’

James Tracy - November 23, 2023

The organizer-author's new work offers deep personal stories of lives dedicated to the social justice movement.

Environment

Greening Bayview, one tree at a time

Tom Molanphy - November 23, 2023

Friends of the Urban Forest tries slowly to restore an urban canopy in a neighborhood with little greenery.

Movies

Screen Grabs: French treats, from classic bon-bons to epic Bonaparte

Dennis Harvey - November 22, 2023

Ridley Scott and Joaquin Phoenix take on the Mad Emperor, and 'The French Had a Name for It' revives several gems

Art

Of memories and migration: Trina Michelle Robinson’s deep family excavations

Mary Corbin - November 21, 2023

The expansive video artist, with deep roots in the Bay Area, tracks down puzzle pieces of identity.

News + Politics

After 60 years, the major media still won’t tell the truth about the JFK assassination

David Talbot - November 21, 2023

The evidence that top officials in the military and CIA killed the president is overwhelming—but The New York Times won't even run an oped about it.

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War criminal who cared nothing for the lives he destroyed is dead at 100

Ruffled muppet slaughterhouse? Another Hole in the Head still stocks the campiest of gore

‘Shere Hite actually did change society’: Revindicating the woman who demystified orgasm

Coco Peru dons Heklina’s tunic (metaphorically) for ‘Golden Girls: Christmas Episodes’

In ‘The Return,’ James Terry pens a lush, tragic ‘coming-of-old-age’ story

Oral history as inspiration and antidote: Lynn Lewis on ‘Women Who Change the World’

Greening Bayview, one tree at a time

Screen Grabs: French treats, from classic bon-bons to epic Bonaparte

Of memories and migration: Trina Michelle Robinson’s deep family excavations

After 60 years, the major media still won’t tell the truth about the JFK assassination

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